page_title: Shuai jiao
section_title: Translation
hierarchical_section_title: Shuai jiao / Translation
caption_attribution_description: A depiction on the Dunhuang frescoes of two men wrestling.
context_page_description: Shuai Jiao is the term pertaining to the ancient jacket wrestling wushu style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China Plain which was codified by Shan Pu Ying of the Nei Wu Fu. In modern usage it is also the general Mandarin Chinese term for any form of wrestling, both inside and outside China. As a generic name, it may be used to cover various styles of wrestling practised in China in the form of a martial arts system or a sport. The art was introduced to Southern China in the Republican era after 1911.
context_section_description: The word "shuai," 摔, stands for "to throw onto the ground", while "jiao" may be one of two characters: the first and older, 角, stands for "horns" and the second and recent, 跤, stands for "wrestle or trip using the legs".  In modern Chinese Shuai Jiao is always written using the more recent characters 跤, and should be translated as "to throw onto the ground through wrestling with legs".  The use of the character 角 is because in the earliest form of Shuaijiao, players wore helmet with horns and head-butting was allowed.  This form of Shuaijiao is called 'Ciyou Xi'.
caption: A wrestling match during the Tang Dynasty.
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